Contrived Countryside: The Governance of Rural Housing in England 1900-74 (2021)

Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Chapter 1. Governance and Rural Transformation: An Investigative Approach.- Chapter 2. Governance and Rural Transformation: An Investigative Approach.- Chapter 3. Rural Exceptionalism?: Local Leader Priorities for Country Homes.- Chapter 4. Uneven Demand: Depopulation, Repopulation and Housing Pressure.- Chapter 5. The English Disease: Capacity and Capability for Housing Improvement.- Chapter 6. A Subservient Countryside: National Priorities and Housing.- Chapter 7. Rural Implementation: Frustration, Challenge and Compromise as Housing Realities.- Chapter 8. The Political Economy of English Rural Housing.